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Archive for 'Daily Haiku'

it just rings and rings

Saturday, March 7th, 2009

Why won’t you pick up
when I call you 20 times
a day to say hi?

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a ring of truth

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

I cried because I
had no cell phone, until I
met man with no lips.

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all about the discography

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Record collection
elicits apologies,
oohs and ahs at once.

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snow angel

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

Romping atop fields
of snow, lying down to flap.
She’s a kid again.

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the regulars

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

The regulars line
the bar, sharing tawdry tales
and bare misery.

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whither the white blanket

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Elegant flakes spin
and whirl across the Southern
sky, settle and melt.

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mag hags

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Vintage magazines
engross fans of historic
kitsch while eating dip.

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around the eight ball

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Worst way to win at
pool? When your opponent sinks
eight ball too soon. Twice.

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believe in grandma

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Memaw looks upon
her family through drooping
eyes, tending slowly.

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a hint of winter

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

The car skin shimmers
with a thousand drops of dew
held by chilly breeze.

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the thoughts, they do not live

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Around and around
they go, clogging the brain with
no chance for escape.

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lights, camera, classroom

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

The video feed
carries the instructor to
bored students elsewhere.

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statues of limitations

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

Oscar cavalcade
trumpets unseen flicks to a
crowd of fanatics.

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the opposite

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

If the opposite
of me is you, are we a
pair or a problem?

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barking dogs

Friday, February 20th, 2009

The little hot dog
shop serves ’em up until it’s
time to return home.

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